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Episode IV - A New (S)Harper!

by CDR Kuki

EPISODE IV - A NEW (S)HARPER!

MR. SQUADRONS

Sharper: What uuuuuuup?

Kuki: Good evening! How are you doing?

Sharper: Not too bad, not too bad! Yourself?

Kuki: Not the easiest day, but could be worse! I'm happy things settled down for the evening and we can have this little chat! Let's get to it!

Looking at activity times from my point of view in the euro timezone, it seems as if Cosmic and you are vying for the title of "Mr. Squadrons" . You take the win because of your activity in fleet battles and competitions.

Seriously though, I remember when I joined TRA you were more or less always online and flying and you kept that up for a very long time, flying with everyone who showed up and helping everyone get better at the game. Do you have any idea what's your total amount of hours over all accounts combined?

Sharper: I haven't got a clue hours wise. Of course there's a lot of queue time, not everything is games. You also have to factor in the COVID lockdown period. I have 3 accounts, my old PlayStation account that I got to around level 350, then my Steam account that I got to … level 350 and then I moved to Origin because it works better with the VR (for some reason) and I got that one to … around level 350! I also have a Smurf account that sits at level 29.

Kuki: You're one of the very few real Galactic Aces who actually earned that coveted golden helmet by flying instead of exploiting the systems early on. How many times did you reach Galactic Ace?

Sharper: I did it twice. The first time I tried really hard, you had to be quick about it because the operations had limited duration. I got up really early around 5 or 6 a.m. and played until around 7.30 before going to work. At lunch I would go home to try to get some games in and after work I'd be on until late at night or early in the morning. I did it together with Sticks (Erisi) who was also going for it.

The second time was this operation . There was no more time pressure. This time around I was just playing for fun when the queues weren't dead yet and I hit legend IV before realizing it. We were just winning games without grinding. Two weeks after I reached GA again the queues suddenly seemed to just die.

But now I can rightly wear my Galactic Ace pin for weddings!

Kuki: You also participated in almost every Squadrons event and competition imaginable with TRA and Remnant. Week of War , DJO Cup , Calrissian Cup , SCL , SPL , 3PO , SCFL and just about anything in between. At what time do you think Squadrons was the most fun for you?

Sharper: Probably the most fun was at its most popular time, where we would have five people in the Dogfights Channel , five people in Fleets , no pressure. I think gameplay was probably at its best before the multidrifting and all the little tricks were found out because those created a skill gap in the player base. But you have to keep up with it, because otherwise you get left behind by the players who play comp. I'm also enjoying it recently with all the TRA stuff we have going on. I also joined Remnant quite later on compared to some others.

Kuki: What Competition was your Favorite?

Sharper: Aaah, that's a tough one, probably the weekend long ones! I can't remember what they were called. It was a whole weekend's work. Quite time intensive. Very tight schedule, sometimes we would run out to eat something for 10 minutes and then get back into it for the next game. But that was a lot of fun!

THAT PC-CHEATING BOOST GASPING MULTIDRIFTING SHAPER GUY

Kuki: I saw you improving over time from the first casual games together. I remember you practicing to join RMT in the Calrissian cup , playing together in 3PO- league and then in SCL . From last HEX I remember you dueling with KEBLA OMEGA , winning the match 1-0 and watching you figure out the dreaded Death Star Run solo vs AI . You've really upped your game big time becoming a true Squadrons expert. Where would you say you learned most from?

Sharper: That game against KEBLA was a tough one. KEBLA crashed once and that's why I won the game, it was a lucky kill. I'm not a big fan of 1V1's . It's too much "keep going in circles until someone crashes" , but it had to be done at that time.

The Death Star run was a pain! It was funny because you have to fly differently, you cannot just do what you'd do against human opponents. You have to kind of get on the AI's radar, bait them into following you, take all 5 out and then do your stuff. When they come in again you have to draw them back out again until they get killed and in between you need to get the OBJ in.

As for improving my game, when the first Squadrons DJO Cup came out, Dirty Ari had worked out the heavy hull, burst lasers and resupply build. That was the first common build we used as TRA and we completely smashed TFA with it. There was a lot of jousting at the time because boost drifting had not yet been worked out. SPL had us change back to A-wings and Interceptors . That's when we flew how I think we should fly.

When I joined Remnant, Heresy took me aside in a tutoring session. That very same weekend I had just worked out how to make multi-drifting and advanced power management work on a controller. I had that down by myself and then Heresy taught me the style I fly in a bomber. I still fly like that now. Before that I just used jet engine and rotary, boost to the target, wind up rotary and keep shunting energy back and forward, which is fine, but you're very stationary that way.

Heresy taught me the TIE Bomber. My Y-wing is a mix of everything I learned and I just try to make it work for me. There's much more different opinions on how to fly that one in the most efficient way. When I fly Defender or X-wing in dogfights I use a bit of everything. I think it's down to personal choice. Sometimes people do better flying their own way, if you try to copy someone else's build but you haven't got the basics down, it'll be no use. Your first need the basics.

Kuki: Who would you say is the absolute top player you've encountered?

Sharper: Aaah! That's a very difficult one because a lot of people went in and out and the game changed. It's hard to say who's the best. I've always been impressed how well the comp players that play on console do. Players like FamePlane and Dalek impress me because it's not what they got going on, it's purely the skills.

Another thing I'd like to say is it's not always the people in the top comp teams, because they shuffle players quite a lot. I feel that sticking together as a team for a longer time might be better for the skill of the players. Also sometimes people catch up and then you're not the best anymore. Maybe some who had more space sim experience adapted quicker than others early on. Some good ones who left got a little rusty.

Kuki: Do you still see a skill gap with the absolute top?

Sharper: That's another hard one as I play as farmer/OBJ , so 1v1 against a Defender or x-wing , the bomber isn't gonna win. So it's not necessarily that they're better, but it's a different ship. If I was farming in an X-Wing or Defender I would probably die less, but the farm wouldn't be so good. The other thing is many people are good at either OBJ or farm, but I like to think I'm competent at both.

Kuki: I get what you're saying because we're talking a lot about Fleet Battles, but what about Dogfights? Do you still see a skill gap there?

Sharper: Yes and no. You have the comp games, SPL and SCFL, where our team won last season, but a lot of SPL players were not in SCFL and there were mods. You rely on your team as well. The best pilot can't win if there's not a good team with them. Many teams change a lot. In TRA we sort of evolved together and we work well together as a team. We don't get upset, we all know it's a game, there's not too much pressure. If we lose it's rubbish but it's ok. If we win it's brilliant. I'd rather play with my friends than with my "coworkers" or "colleagues". It shouldn't become "a job" or "work". Rather than that we just fly and have fun and work on our weaknesses.

Kuki: What's your favorite non- TRA Discord?

Sharper: Hah! I have literally hundreds of them! Every single one of them is Squadrons related. I never used discord before Squadrons. But at the moment I'm hardly using any of them. I would say aside from the Main TRA server I spent a lot of time in the 3PO one because I'm captain of one of the teams, also for SCFL. We used to go to BSC a lot for events, Five Man's peaked a bit recently and then calmed down again. Maybe at the moment Five Man's, it's the only one that's not in a folder. That is aside from the Eagle Fang group, TRA's original SCL team and TRA main. Everything else is in folders.

Kuki: You said you have one Smurf account. There's this inside joke about changing player nicknames during game nights, what are some of your favorite aliases you can recall?

Sharper: Cosmic is the king of that isn't he? I don't know what to say without being trolly because we used to change into other people's names. Like Tom Jones, I've never run into him while using his name though. I've deleted all of them, so I don't remember any favorites. Sometimes we change our names because people drop when they see us on in public queue. I get why they do drop, because they're sick of losing when we stack but it's a shame really. We just want to play together as friends, we're not trying to stack so we'd win all the games.

Kuki: You play Squadrons with a controller. What's your reason for that?

Sharper: It's a 100% because I'm horrendous with a joystick. In the XvT days I played with a PS2 style controller and in the X-wing days with a Wingman II. A horrendous looking thing. I think in Squadrons keyboard + stick is the best on paper, but you fly with what you're good with. Originally I played on the PlayStation and then in VR with the PC hooked up to a 19" TV. It was not even a real computer setup, but then I bought a lot of stuff for it: four monitors, VR, a gaming mouse, keyboard, HOTAS, dual sticks, steer wheel and pedals, … but in the end I just ended up using a controller.

Once I got APM and multi-drifting going, I was fine. Controllers also live long. I'm only on my second and that's just because the first was worn down. It's not even broken.

THE MAN BEHIND THE GALACTIC ACE

Kuki: Now for some more personal stuff. Where are you from?

Sharper: I'm from England, in the UK, the closest you could get is Buckinghamshire, somewhere between London, Oxford, Milton Keynes.

Kuki: What's your favorite thing about your country?

Sharper: God knows. I haven't got a lot of good to say about it. Oh dear. I can think of a hundred bad points. Maybe it's just that everything here is so normal to me, but now we went to Vegas with my wife, I hated it, it's just very false. You don't know if people are genuinely friendly or just you're your money. The closer to London you get, it's like that, which is why I stay away there. I guess the best thing about where I live is it's a nice place to bring up the kids, no crazy traffic, you can go on a bike ride with kids and it's not dangerous.

Kuki: Can you tell us something about what you do in daily life when you're not PC-cheating at Star Wars Squadrons?

Sharper: [chuckles] Working most of the time. I work for myself as a mechanic. I don't work in weekends anymore, it just wasn't worth the cost for the family any more. My workshop is about 1.5 miles away from my front door, so it takes me 4 minutes to get to work.

Also for my hobbies I like cars and bikes. I've got 7 cars − let me double check − 2 are courtesy cars for work, that I use to get to clients and leave them as a replacement vehicle, 2 sensible ones, the Volkswagen transport 7 seats which is a family vehicle and the Seat Ateca, my wife's car, and then we both have our fun cars, my wife the Fiat 126 and me the Mazda MX5 track car. I've also just bought an old truck to do up.

I also have 5 motorbikes which is fun. One is for work. I leave it at the MOT station. I take them to another garage when they need an MOT test (legal safety check in the UK) as I don't do them myself. I have a Chinese scooter that came in a cardboard crate, which I end up driving the most actually. I have a Harley Softail Deuce, a Suzuki GSX-R 1000 , a Honda VTR1000 I built pretty much from the frame up into a street fighter style bike and finally a Yamaha FZR 600 which I got from my uncle and I'm working on myself. I like having little projects like that.

And I'm also working on a Star Wars helmet and lightsaber which will be unveiled for the Star Wars Convention in London.

Kuki: Without a doubt your favorite album is the "Now that's what I call TRA!" compilation. [ed. Sharper once posted a cover and tracklist of an album with references to Rebel Alliance Pilots]

Sharper: Yeah that must be it for sure! As for what music I listen to, it varies massively on my mood. If I play it at the house it's non sweary because of the kids, in the car it really depends on the mood.

Kuki: Favorite Food?

Sharper: Junk food, burgers, pizza, … for more up market stuff, ribs or a good steak. I eat no fruit at all and very few vegetables. Not very healthy, but I don't like 'em so I don't eat 'em.

Kuki: Favorite drink?

A beer, or lager? Not anything fancy. Generally I go with what I know. Just a Peroni or other normal beer. I don't like coffee, I'd go with tea. For soft drinks a Pepsi or a Coke. Pretty boring to be fair. I don't drink as much alcohol as I used to because my liver isn't up to much these days. When I was younger I had hepatitis and went on a stag do with that condition. It ruined most of my liver. That was an interesting choice that I probably should have held back on. Also hangovers aren't getting easier as you get older. I do still like to have a drink now and again though. I used to drink a lot because the other mechanics I worked with were serious drinkers. We used to go to a shop that sells beers and wines and they'd see us walk in, give us a nod and come out the back with a crate of Tennent's Super. That's like a 9% alcohol beer, what homeless people drink to get drunk quickly. I had one crate a week and about 24 bottles of Stella, without counting going to the pub. Not really a healthy lifestyle.

JOINING THE REBELLION ... TWICE!

Kuki: When did you join TRA? The earliest record I could find is from 8 october 2006 where you joined Gold Squad.

Sharper: From what I can see on my profile I joined TRA on 4 october 2006. I was an apprentice mechanic, living on my own and didn't have a lot of money. I had a PC I got from a brother or something like that, a very old thing, but it would run XvT very well. I played XvT and XwA and then started looking up how to play online, which led me to come across TRA and the Errant Venture and I found some people there. There were a lot of people.

That was under my other name "SuperSi";. Later when I started to play on Xbox 360 with actual voice chat people would pronounce it as "supersee". No idea, but maybe that's what people in XvT thought too!

Kuki: They were probably Belgian or French.

Sharper: Yeah, probably something like that.

Kuki: In summer 2007 you got the gold honor award for DJO CUP LIV (54).

Sharper: Yeah. I was living on my own, renting, I had no responsibilities except for work and my dog. When I was at home the PC would be on. I was pretty much on most of the time. XvT was deader than Squadrons is now. So I would wait around for someone to show up and get a game. I worked 12 hour day shifts at that time 3 days a week and would be off for 4 days after, so I had a lot of time.

Then after I became an officer in Twigs' Wyvern Squad, I went through Wraith and Rogue Squads.

I don't remember when I left. My friends had Xbox 360's. XvT went quiet and the 360 took over. I didn't wanna leave so I'm ashamed to say it, but I went MIA and at one point they put me off the roster. That must have been somewhere in 2008. I went off the radar I think because I didn't want to admit to myself that I wouldn't play anymore. I always thought I would go back for a few games and then eventually I didn't.

When Star Wars Squadrons came out, both my brothers had it and another friend also had it and I flew with them. They moved on to other games after a while as they like to change, and so I played solo queue and I saw a TRA member flying. That triggered my attention and I went to comlinks again and saw many people had come back. I saw Twigs on there and I remembered him from back in the days. I don't think he remembers me from playing back in the day. We both drank a lot and played a lot. If he was on your team it was a good thing.

Kuki: It still is!

Sharper: It still is! I used to drink a lot in those days, I would be drunk before heading to the pub, go to the pub, then go home and get more drunk and then play XvT. I was not so good at playing drunk, but I played a lot.

But seeing that TRA tag is what got me going, I saw Twigs' name on the comlink and then I learned about Discord. Ari was the first to say hello and he was the most welcoming person. I may have stuck around anyway, but he made it feel like a welcoming place instead of the dead thing discord can be especially when you're new to it.

Kuki: What do you enjoy most about TRA?

I don't know really, comp stuff? I don't like being a captain, but someone's gotta do it. I think in all fairness 3v3 is ok to manage, 5v5 would do my head in. The casual stuff is great but with the player base dying it gets a bit repetitive. It's either always the same people or completely new people who haven't got a clue. Most of the time the question is, "do you fly around in circles for 10 minutes or do you get straight to the killing?". I could solo queue, but I do it to enjoy playing with friends. If I got good at it, it's to help my team. Not for the sake of it. It's a social thing.

Kuki: What's your favorite TRA Memory?

When I killed Avenger One was a funny time! I really enjoyed that because he was the big guy who played competitively and he was streaming and I killed him. When we're the underdog and we win against a good team and it's casted is a great feeling. But also when public queue was busy and you were on more and Ari and Rogue were there, that was probably my favorite time. People just kept turning up for games, I didn't expect that coming from XvT which had already slowed down. Also Hex I or II, can't remember which one it was. I like it when we win as a team. SCL is probably my favorite to win because it feels a little bit more important.

Kuki: Yeah I personally also enjoyed the 2 seasons of SCL I played with the TRA/RMT teams. My goal at that time was to be able to play along and not have the team lose because of me. "If I can play my part in the team and we can still win", that was a great feeling.

Sharper: Yeah, that's the feeling when you join a comp team, but now I don't feel like that anymore because we all just play and we really know what everyone does. When I just joined RMT I just turned up and played when I was needed, I had no Idea what season we were in or what the standings were. I like it better now that we're all well aware of what's going on.

KIDS AND LIGHTSABERS

Kuki: At what age did you get to see your first Star Wars movie and which one was it?

Sharper: A new hope , which came out in the 70's. I was born in '83, so I saw it maybe when I was just born. My parents were very into Star Wars. It would have been on video at home. One of their dogs was called "Star" after "Star Wars". As soon as I could watch TV it would have been on. So from a ridiculously early age. We had all the toys etc. My dad is a gunsmith who had his own company. We used to go to game fair's with a caravan and he'd sell guns there every year. They'd give us loads of Star Wars toys to keep us quiet and busy. We had an Interceptor, the Millennium Falcon, all the characters, even the rare ones you wouldn't know by name. I think we even had a rebel transport.

My kids, like others from their generation, don't sit through films like normal people. They've seen them all and do like Star Wars, but they get confused between all the many films. Because we are foster carers and we have to follow rules and procedures we have to be careful with when they see it. I'm not sure the oldest two saw Solo and Rogue One because they weren't 12 yet when they came out. The youngest one, our biological daughter is 5. She likes Baby Yoda. She has a lot of Baby Yoda toys. Her middle name is Eisley after Mos Eisley which she understands and she's proud of having a Star Wars name. They have loads of lightsabers to fight with. We get them second hand so they can really swing them around at each other. They also latch on to the kiddy Disney stuff, as kids will do.

Kuki: What's your favorite Star Wars movie?

Sharper: Return of the Jedi because it's one of the original three. I know most people would say Empire Strikes Back, but my memories of ROTJ are just the best. I get that that nostalgic feeling about it. I remember the first time Luke pulled out a green lightsaber … That just did it!

I do like the prequels because I think Darth Maul is a really good baddie. One of my favorites. When they re- released Episode I in 3D I took my sister to go see it which was pretty cool. Rogue One everyone likes and Solo I'm not crazy about but I actually don't mind.

I'm not a massive fan of the sequel trilogy. I read some of the books that came after the OT [ed. Timothy Zahn's original Thrawn Trilogy]. I thought that was brilliant and then when the sequels came out it wasn't like that at all. I didn't know that when I went to see Episode VII, so I was completely confused in the cinema.

Kuki: So if you would recommend anything from the Expanded Universe to other TRA members, would it be the Thrawn Trilogy?

Sharper: There was this one book I read, I can't remember the title, [ed. Shadows of the Empire by Steve Perry] but it fills the gap between Episode V and VI. I can't remember the name. I sold all my books a long time ago. It's about how Leia got her bounty hunter outfit etc. It's right in between episodes V and VI so it doesn't have any continuity errors and so on. They can't ruin that one. That's what I would recommend.

Kuki: Who is your favorite Star Wars character (EU included)?

Sharper: Darth Maul − I hate to say it. I really think he's good. I hadn't seen the trailer so when I sat in the cinema and saw him pressing that second button fully igniting the double lightsaber … that's the coolest thing ever. Also I thought the fights were done much better than in the OT. Supercharged but not crap.

Kuki: Maul was a great character. It's a shame they killed him off so soon. My wife and I like what they did with him in Rebels and Clone Wars. If you haven't seen that, I recommend at least seeing a compilation.

Sharper: My youngest daughter is ready for that type of thing so maybe I'll get the chance to see it with her.

Kuki: Is Maul igniting his second lightsaber blade your favorite Star Wars movie moment?

Sharper: I'd still go with Luke bringing out the green lightsaber, then Darth Maul and then Mace Windu with the purple one. I saw the movies as a kid so it was all about the lightsabers for me.

Kuki: If you had a lightsaber yourself, what color would it be?

Sharper: That's a tricky one. I've thought about it before. If I had a lightsaber and I was the only one, I would want a green one. If they were normal and everyone had them I would want a purple one to be just a little different. If it was double ended it probably would have to be a red one.

X-WING VS. TIE FIGHTER OVER IN HOUSE CABLE NETWORK

Kuki: What's your favorite real life Star Wars memory?

Sharper: We should have done this a little bit later because Star Wars Celebration will be pretty cool! For now, probably Squadrons coming out, or actually when XvT came out. X-wing got me into it. Back in the day we used to save up money to buy a game once in a while and then play the crap out of it. We also had demos from PC magazines. There was one called "Rise of the Robots". We liked that and saved up for it, went to the shop and got it, but it wouldn't run because our PC wasn't good enough. So we bought X-wing instead because it was Star Wars and played that forever. I was 10 years old so we used to put it on invulnerability. We couldn't hit anything with lasers, only with lock- on, so as soon as we ran out of missiles we had to run away etc. When XvT came out in 1997 I was a little older. We had network cables with my brothers, so we could play online before the internet, that's probably the most nostalgic memory. We had a shared computer for X-Wing and then we got XvT and made two copies. We were horrendous at it. We were using everything we had to make it work, one played with keyboard, one with a joystick etc.

Kuki: What's your top 3 Star Wars Video Games?

Sharper:

  1. Squadrons.
  2. XvT, although I think Alliance is a better game. But I played XvT more and it meant more to me.
  3. Dark Forces II. I played that when I got into TRA. That's the one where you get a lightsaber.

Kuki: Did you see someone recently remade Dark Forces II in Unreal Engine?

Sharper: I did! I generally don't like first person shooters, but I like that it's Star Wars. That's what I like about Squadrons, I wanted it to be a new XvT, which it sort of is, but nowadays people don't stick with one game as long as back in the day, so it probably won't last that long. Before you had to wait six months to get another game. That's also the reason I skipped Tie Fighter because it was another expensive game. I never had XWA until I joined TRA.

Recently on holiday when I didn't have internet access I played Empire at War. It was good, but not my thing.

Kuki: What's your favorite non- Star Wars Video Game?

Sharper: I used to play racing games, but I don't play them much because they're not realistic enough. I played a lot of Forza 4.

Kuki: Did you play Dirt Rally? That's pretty different than other racing games.

Sharper: I have Dirt 2 but it was a month before Squadrons and after that I didn't play anything else. I tried some stuff other people play like Valorant, Overwatch, DayZ, some mobile games with my brother. Forza 4 is the last thing I played a lot in Xbox 360 times.

That's the trouble now because I look for another game that everyone else [ed. in TRA] wants to play. Maybe it has to be a space sim for TRA to be able to support it as a club. Otherwise another game − not mentioning Sea of Thieves − which looks great honestly and could be a good laugh, but 20 quid for a good laugh is a bit much.

I don't have a favorite non- squadrons game.

PINK B-WING = BEST WING

Kuki: What's your favorite Rebel ship?

Sharper: X-wing is the classic, but A-wing was my favorite in XvT because it's the fastest. Interceptors and Tie Fighters I also like for the sound. But I like X-wing, I don't care about the different models. I like that the wings open and close.

Kuki: What about on the Imperial side?

Sharper: Interceptor. For the sound, for the nostalgic feeling. I had a toy where you press the button and the wings go off and it makes that sound. I also like the speeder bikes of Return of the Jedi for the noise they make and because they're awesome.

Kuki: What's your most hated ship in SW Squadrons and why is it the pink B-Wing?

Sharper: The B-wing! The pink B-wing obviously redeems itself a bit. Every other ship can do what the B-Wing can but better. Sure, it can drop 10 bombs, but if you don't have a support, you're dead after dropping your 10 bombs. Some people really like the ship, but not really me. In hindsight, nerfing the Defender would have been better, but if they made the B-Wing too good the Y-wing would be useless. Even those who make the B-Wing work are better in another ship. Maybe they could have made the Y-Wing more bomber and bring Z-95 in or something. But maybe that's a stupid thing to say because it's just a worse X-wing. I never noticed the B-Wing as a kid in the movies until the X-wing game on the PC.

STAR WARS IN THE KITCHEN

Kuki: You already mentioned the Galactic Ace ribbon you wear for weddings and formal occasions. I also know you're really fond of your Remnant Hoodie. Do you have any other Star Wars collector items?

Sharper: I do, very recently bought flip flops by DC Shoes with Aurebesh writing. I liked them so much that when my wife bought and they were the wrong size I bought an even more overly priced size that fits so I have them double. Now I'm looking for trainers, T-shirts, … I always have something Star Wars on for work, T-shirts, socks. We have a lot of pictures around the house that look like normal pics, but when you look closely you see it's really TIE fighters over a sunset.

I have a backpack that will be unveiled with the helmet reveal. I've got a motorbike and helmet that have "Sharper" written on them in Aurebesh. I like that because it's Star Wars and special, but it's not too obvious. My wife likes Star Wars too but not as much as me. She also grew up with it. She bought a Star Wars Croque-Monsieur thing! That's funny, but not when you see what it cost! It's one of those things that if you buy it for new and you sell it later it's at double price.

We also have Star Wars themed mugs, blankets and cooking utensils.

Kuki: Do you have any final message for TRA pilots?

Sharper: Any final message? TRA isn't just Squadrons, it's not X-wing vs Tie Fighter, it's more a group of likeminded people doing what we do. If we supported another game, we would all do it. We're not just a gaming club, we're friends as well. To people who don't do comp, I would say: "Get into it and don't be afraid to not be the best!" Especially in middle tier competition, getting more people in is fun. I don't like the top tier stuff because it's so meticulous it's no fun anymore. The lower tier actually makes me jealous because you can still PK [ed. Player Kill] your way through. Comp stuff won't be around forever and you gotta get in while it's there!

Kuki: Then I think we're through! Thanks a lot and I'll release you back into the public queue!

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